Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic class within the subphylum Radiozoa — including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state..

Etymologies

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New Latin, Ancient Greek πολύς (polys, "many") + κύστις (kustis, "bladder") + -ina

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Examples

  • With regard to organisms, however, the wonderful Acanthometræ and the Polycystina may be mentioned as presenting complexities of form which can hardly be thought to be due to other than _internal_ causes.

    On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart

  • No power on earth can make these little urns of the _Polycystina_ except

    Natural Law in the Spiritual World Henry Drummond 1874

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